The UKHO has taken the first step in adopting Geography Markup Language (GML) in hydrographic data by developing a GML schema for S57 ENC data. The schema will aid the...

Aqua Vision organises the 7th Acoustic Doppler Current Meter (ADCM) workshop in The Netherlands. This year the workshop will be organised in co-operation with the Laboratory for Physical Geography of...

Aqua Vision is to hold the 7th Acoustic Doppler Current Meter (ADCM) workshop in The Netherlands this year organised in co-operation with the Laboratory for Physical Geography of the Faculty...

There is a global shortage of hydrographic surveyors. Vacancies and demands for personnel at sea mean surveyors are becoming the most wanted specialists in the offshore world. Institutes of hydrographic...

Every five years an International Hydrographic Conference (IHC) of all Member States (at present 77) of the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO), represented by their Hydrographers, convenes in Monaco to elect...

On 18th November 2004 Aquavision BV from Utrecht (The Netherlands), in co-operation with the department of Physical Geography, University of Utrecht, organised a one day workshop on various applications of...

Laser Bathymetry Conference On 13th November 2006 in Saint Petersburg the companies Chart-Pilot Ltd and GeoLIDAR held a scientific-practical conference on the theme of the opportunities for use of a...

Working conditions in offshore surveying are sometimes pretty tough and demanding. Nevertheless, some hydrographic surveyors remain in the field until their retirement. Others leave the scene after a couple of...

The new CodaOctopus Prize has been awarded for the first time. The recipient is Katie Abbott, BSc who receives the award for her Marine Geography dissertation, which included data acquisition,...

There were three major overlapping phases in Mike Eaton’s career: Arctic developments in the Canadian Hydrographic Service, positioning systems development while at the Bedford Institute and electronic chart development after...